Esra Ersen
Works
A Possible History III: 23/23 Blaupause No.1
A Possible History III: 23/23 Blaupause No.2
A Possible History II: Turkish Heroes, Chinese Knick Knacks
A Possible History I: When Thinking Some Play with the Mustache, Others Cross Arms
Le due Rome
Diario
Heritage No. 1
Traces of the Past, Ghost of the Future
Zahiri and Batini
Casting for a Canary Opera
Sammelsurium – Photo Series
Sammelsurium
Passengers
Rehabilitation – Sao Paulo
Perfect / Growing Older (Dis)Gracefully
Rehabilitation – Utrecht
Parachutist in Third Floor, Birds in Laundry
I am turkish, I am Honest, I am Diligent – Linz
There is no Demonstration in Disneyland
Dive
Under Construction
Today there is no demonstration in Disyneyland
Which one you choose?
Testimony
Brothers and Sisters
I am turkish, I am Honest, I am Diligent – Kwangju
In the Penalty Area
If You Could Speak Swedish
Hamam
This is the Disneyland
Hello! Where is it?
I am gonna cook an exotic dinner, only for you
Karussell
Artist Deputy
Those without place
I am turkish, I am Honest, I am Diligent – Münster
Asure
Some People
Encounter
Under Custody
Advice to the Crown Prince
Dialogues III
Dialogues II
Dialogues I
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Selected texts
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Villa Massimo Jury 2025-2027
Esra Ersen ist in die Jury der Sparte Bildende Künste zur Vergabe für den Rompreis der Villa Massimo und die Künstlerresidenzen in Italien und Frankreich der Auslandsstipendien berufen worden.
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Gabriele Münter Preis 2025
Die Longlist für den Gabriele Münter Preis 2025 steht fest!
26.11 –
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Esra Ersen: A Possible History Konrad-von-Soest-Preis, LWL-Kunstpreis 2023
LWL-Museum für Kunst und Kultur Münster
31.08 – 05.05.2024
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The 90s Onstage
Kunstverein in Hamburg
27.01 – 14.04.2024
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The Politics of Space, Film Programme, Chapter 1
Moderna Museet, Stockholm
30.09 – 16.11.2023
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New Acquisitions of the Collection of Contemporary Art of the Federal Republic of Germany
Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz
13.11 – 12.02.2023
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Journey To Italy XXI
Casa di Goethe, Rom
28.10 – 01.03.2023
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Heritage
Gallery Françoise Heitsch, München
09.09 – 29.10.2022
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The 90s Onstage
SALT Beyoglu, Istanbul
15.09 – 02.04.2023
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Identity Not Proven – New Acquisitions for the Federal Art Collection
Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn
07.05 – 03.10.2022
A Possible History II/ Turkish Heroes, Chinese Knick Knacks, 2015, Video still
Le Due Rome, 2020, Exhibition View: In the framework of the Art in Public Space Project: Villa Massimo Si Avvicina", Villa Massimo, Rome. Photo: Alberto Novelli
Zahiri and Batini, 2019
Brothers and Sisters, 2003, Video Still
Sammelsurium, 2010, Photo Series
Installation View: Jerusalems Kebap House, Stockholm, 2001
In the Penalty Area, 2001, Installation View: Under the Sign of the City, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn, Germany, 2001
Karussel (1998), Installation view: Tanzimat, Augarten, Wien, 2010
A Possible History III, Blaupause, LWL-Museum für Kunst und Kultur, Münster, 2023
Rehabilitation, 2006, Production Still: In the framework of the exhibition, "How to Live Together", 27th Sao Paulo Biennale, Brazil
I am turkish, I am Honest, I am Diligent - Münster 1998, Production Still: Realschule Velen, Münster
Le Due Rome, 2020, Exhibition View: In the framework of the Art in Public Space Project: Villa Massimo Si Avvicina", Villa Massimo, Rome. Photo: Alberto Novelli
I am turkish, I am Honest, I am Diligent - Münster 1998, Production Still: Realschule Velen, Münster
Sammelsurium, 2010, Installation view: Academy of Another City, Art in Public Space, Hamburg
Le Due Rome, 2020, Exhibition View: In the framework of the Art in Public Space Project: Villa Massimo Si Avvicina", Villa Massimo, Rome. Photo: Alberto Novelli
Karussel (1998), Installation view: Studio Bosporus, 10 Jahre Kulturakademie Tarabya, Kunstraum Kreuzberg, 2021
Le Due Rome, 2020, Production Still: In the framework of the Art in Public Space Project: Villa Massimo Si Avvicina", Villa Massimo, Rome. Photo: Alberto Novelli
Le Due Rome, 2020, Production Still: In the framework of the Art in Public Space Project: Villa Massimo Si Avvicina", Villa Massimo, Rome.
Ottoman archival collections, Esra Ersen: What We Know“, Cyril and Methodius National Library, Sofia, 2019, © Swimming Pool. Photo: Yana Lozeva
Sammelsurium, 2010, Photo Series
Ottoman archival collections, Installation view „Esra Ersen: What We Know“, Cyril and Methodius National Library, Sofia, 2019, © Swimming Pool. Photo: Yana Lozeva
In the Penalty Area, 2001, Video still
A Possible History II/ Turkish Heroes, Chinese Knick Knacks, 2015, Video still
I am turkish, I am Honest, I am Diligent, 2002, Production Still: 4th Gwangju Biennial, Korea
Ottoman archival collections, Installation view „Esra Ersen: What We Know“, Cyril and Methodius National Library, Sofia, 2019, © Swimming Pool. Photo: Yana Lozeva
Passengers, 2009, Production Still
I am turkish, I am Honest, I am Diligent, 2002
Rehabilitation 2005, Production Still, Leidsche Rijn, Utrecht
A Possible History III, 23/23 Blaupause, Videostill
There is no Demonstration in Disneyland, 2005, Art in public space, Developed within the frame of the project “Under the bridges along the river II”, Casino Luxembourg-Forum d’art Contemporain, Luxembourg
Exhibition View, LWL-Museum für Kunst und Kultur, Münster, 2023
I am turkish, I am Honest, I am Diligent, Installation View: Esra Ersen: O.K Center for Contemporary Art Linz, 2005
Perfect / Growing Older (Dis)Gracefully, 2006, Video Still
I am turkish, I am Honest, I am Diligent - Münster 1998, Production Still: Realschule Velen, Münster
Sammelsurium, 2010, Installation view: Academy of Another City, Art in Public Space, Hamburg
Casting for a Canary Opera, 2011, Video Still
Casting for a Canary Opera, 2011, Video Still
Testimony 2003, Production still: Real Utopia, Art in Art in Public Space, Karlau Prison, Graz, 2003
This is the Disneyland (2000) , installation view: Personal Protocols and Other Preferences, CCS Bard Galleries, NY, 2008
In the Penalty Area, 2001, Video still
Le Due Rome, 2020, Exhibition View: In the framework of the Art in Public Space Project: Villa Massimo Si Avvicina", Villa Massimo, Rome. Photo: Alberto Novelli
Casting for a Canary Opera, 2011, Video Still
Advice to the Crown Prince, 1995, Installation view: How did we get here, Salt Beyoglu, İstanbul, 2015
Diario, 2021, Exhibition view: Villa Massimo at Neuhardenberg Castle, Presentation of the 2019/2020 German Academy Rome residency winners, Neuhardenberg, 2021
Some People, 1997, Installation View: Macka Art Gallery, Istanbul
Passengers, 2009, Production Still
A Possible History III, 23/23 Video Installation, LWL-Museum für Kunst und Kultur, Münster, 2023
Le Due Rome, 2020, Exhibition View: In the framework of the Art in Public Space Project: Villa Massimo Si Avvicina", Villa Massimo, Rome. Photo: Alberto Novelli
Sammelsurium, 2010, Photo Series
This is the Disneyland, 2000, Video Still
A Possible History III, 23/23 Blaupause Video Installation, LWL-Museum für Kunst und Kultur, Münster, 2023
A Possible History II/ Turkish Heroes, Chinese Knick Knacks, 2015, Video still
Passengers, 2009, Production Still
A Possible History / When Thinking Some Play with the Mustache, Others Cross Arms 2013, Video Still
A Possible History II / Turkish Heroes, Chinese Knick Knacks, 2015, Video still
„A Possible History I“ (2013). Installation view „Esra Ersen: What We Know“ at Alma Mater Gallery, Sofia, 2019. © Swimming Pool. Photo: Yana Lozeva
Sammelsurium, 2010, Installation view: Academy of Another City, Art in Public Space, Hamburg
I am turkish, I am Honest, I am Diligent, 2002, Production Still: 4th Gwangju Biennial, Korea
Encounter, 1995, Installation view: 4th International İstanbul Biennial, Antrepo, Istanbul, 1995
I am turkish, I am Honest, I am Diligent - Münster 1998, Production Still: Realschule Velen, Münster
Diario, 2021
A Possible History II/ Turkish Heroes, Chinese Knick Knacks, 2015, Video still
Sammelsurium (2010), Exhibition View: Identity Not Proven, New Acquisitions for the Federal Art Collection, Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn, 2022
I am turkish, I am Honest, I am Diligent (2005), Installation View: Tactics of Invisibility, Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary, Wien, 2010
Casting for a Canary Opera, 2011, Video Still
Karussel (1998), Installation view: Tanzimat, Augarten, Wien, 2010
Perfect / Growing Older (Dis)Gracefully, 2006, Video Still
Le Due Rome, 2020, Travertine tablet Haberdashery, In the framework of the Art in Public Space Project: Villa Massimo Si Avvicina", Villa Massimo, Rome. Photo: Alberto Novelli
Exhibition View, LWL-Museum für Kunst und Kultur, Münster, 2023
Casting for a Canary Opera, 2011, Video Still
Passengers, 2009, Production Still
Diario, 2021, Exhibition view: Villa Massimo at Neuhardenberg Castle, Presentation of the 2019/2020 German Academy Rome residency winners, Neuhardenberg, 2021
Passengers, 2009, Video Still
Parachutist in Third Floor, Birds in Laundry, 2005, Video still
Today there is no demonstration in Disyneyland, 2004, Installation View: Casino Luxembourg-Forum d’art Contemporain, Luxembourg, 2004
Le Due Rome, 2020, Exhibition View: In the framework of the Art in Public Space Project: Villa Massimo Si Avvicina", Villa Massimo, Rome. Photo: Alberto Novelli
Le Due Rome, 2020, Travertine tablet Al-Khidr, In the framework of the Art in Public Space Project: Villa Massimo Si Avvicina", Villa Massimo, Rome. Photo: Alberto Novelli
Under Construction, 2004, Performans Still : Within the Framework of the Exhibition "Re:Location", Casino Luxembourg-Forum d’art Contemporain, Luxembourg. Photo: Raoul Somers
Exhibition View, LWL-Museum für Kunst und Kultur, Münster, 2023
Dive, 2004, Photo serie, Fine art print on Hahnemühle paper
Those without place, 1998, Installation view: Geologisch-Paläontologisches Museum, Münster. Photo: Roman Mensing
Exhibition View, LWL-Museum für Kunst und Kultur, Münster, 2023
A Possible History / When Thinking Some Play with the Mustache, Others Cross Arms. 2013, Video Still
Perfect / Growing Older (Dis)Gracefully, 2006, Video Still
Le Due Rome, 2020, Exhibition View: In the framework of the Art in Public Space Project: Villa Massimo Si Avvicina", Villa Massimo, Rome. Photo: Alberto Novelli
Rehabilitation, 2006, Production Still: In the framework of the exhibition, "How to Live Together", 27th Sao Paulo Biennale, Brazil
A Possible History II/ Turkish Heroes, Chinese Knick Knacks, 2015, Video still
Sammelsurium, 2010, Installation view: Academy of Another City, Art in Public Space, Hamburg
Which one you choose? 2003, Video Still
Diario, 2021
Hello! Where is it? (2000), Installation view: O.K. Center For Contemporary Art, Linz, 2005. Photo: Otto Saxinger
News
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Villa Massimo Jury 2025-2027
Esra Ersen ist in die Jury der Sparte Bildende Künste zur Vergabe für den Rompreis der Villa Massimo und die Künstlerresidenzen in Italien und Frankreich der Auslandsstipendien berufen worden.
01.01 –
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Gabriele Münter Preis 2025
Die Longlist für den Gabriele Münter Preis 2025 steht fest!
26.11 –
→
Esra Ersen: A Possible History Konrad-von-Soest-Preis, LWL-Kunstpreis 2023
LWL-Museum für Kunst und Kultur Münster
31.08 – 05.05.2024
→
The 90s Onstage
Kunstverein in Hamburg
27.01 – 14.04.2024
→
The Politics of Space, Film Programme, Chapter 1
Moderna Museet, Stockholm
30.09 – 16.11.2023
→
New Acquisitions of the Collection of Contemporary Art of the Federal Republic of Germany
Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz
13.11 – 12.02.2023
→
Journey To Italy XXI
Casa di Goethe, Rom
28.10 – 01.03.2023
→
Heritage
Gallery Françoise Heitsch, München
09.09 – 29.10.2022
→
The 90s Onstage
SALT Beyoglu, Istanbul
15.09 – 02.04.2023
→
Identity Not Proven – New Acquisitions for the Federal Art Collection
Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn
07.05 – 03.10.2022